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Lafayette sets meet-and-greet, public interviews for next city administrator

By Anthony Hahn

Staff Writer

Posted:
12/05/2018 03:48:36 PM MST

Updated:
12/05/2018 03:49:07 PM MST

Lafayette's longtime City Administrator Gary Klaphake will retire at the end of this month. The city will host multiple public engagement events ahead of its selection of a successor next week. (Paul Aiken / Staff Photographer)

Lafayette officials will convene multiple public engagement events next week ahead of the city council's appointment of a new city administrator.

The names of the candidates vying to succeed longtime City Administrator Gary Klaphake — who plans to retire at the end of this month after two decades with the city — have yet to be announced. City spokeswoman Debbie Wilmot said the finalists will be unveiled ahead of public interviews on Tuesday.

The interview session is scheduled for 8 a.m. that day, beginning first with public input in the city council chambers at 1290 S. Public Road, according to the city's website.

"Feedback cards will be provided for those in attendance at the interviews," a description of the event on the city's website reads, "and an online form will be available for residents unable to attend."

The interviews will also be televised live on Comcast Channel 8 and online at bit.ly/2RBM4vJ.

That evening, the city also will host a candidate meet-and-greet from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Indian Peaks Golf Course Clubhouse, 2300 Indian Peaks Trail.

"Candidates will briefly introduce themselves and mingle with residents in attendance," a description of the event reads. "Feedback cards will be available for those in attendance and shared with city council."

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On Wednesday, Lafayette's City Council will convene a 5:30 p.m. special meeting to publicly discuss and select a successor.

Lafayette's new city administrator likely will shepherd the city through familiar growth, with development along the city's fringes for larger retailers and housing options, including a nearly 700-unit apartment complex near U.S. 287 and Dillon Road and a bevy of commercial development at the intersection of U.S. 287 and Arapahoe Road, poised to come to fruition in the coming years.

Additionally, the city is scheduled early next year to reconvene an overhaul to its oil and gas regulations initially stalled this summer.

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